“The next message you need is always right where you are.”

Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts, if we can keep them open to God, will find their own intuitive way.

It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos.

Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.

If you observe well, your own heart will answer.

Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.

The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it-just don’t get lost in it.

When the heart is open, it’s easier for the mind to be turned toward God.

Relationships only work in a spiritual sense when you and I really see that we are one.

It’s only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.

When your center is firm, when your faith is strong and unwavering, then it will not matter what company you keep.

Inspiration is God making contact with itself.

We’re all just walking each other home.

As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.

Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?

It’s very hard to grow because it’s difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we’ve invested so heavily.

In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?